Name : Fajar Prasetya

NIM : 171244012
Class : 1-Manufacturing Process

Vertical Axis Windmill

 Background of the study

Engineers and environmentalists are pursuing the utilization of renewable energy in
lieu of ever the increasing demands for electricity. Our generation has inherited the charge for
finding a solution to society’s growing needs. Capturing wind energy was first
conceptualized in 1888 by Charles. F. Brush, and has evolved into large scale wind turbines
and generators known today. However, a small scale system for exploiting wind energy has
eluded mass production, when it could realistically be implemented into our everyday lives.
Through our daily tasks, society loses kinetic energy to the environment; a small scale wind
turbine will streamline energy efficiency from a renewable source.

 Research Question
1. How effective design of a Wind Turbine to create a new electricity ?

 Methode

- Technique
To create a new electricity by Wind Turbine, there is threee design
alternative. That is design alternative B, C, and D. Based on test with
the three design, there is the different with the result. The test are
Durability, Ease of Operation, Minimum Maintenance, and Minimum
Cost. After All things considered, we concluded that design
Alternative B would best satisfy our goals. Going forward, we delve
into the CAD construction process.

- Place
The test is located in the turbine lab.

- Participant
All the researches in Kennesaw State University, United States.
 Findings
The final goal of designing a propeller to capture wind flow from any
direction supplied required consideration of various aspects: First, the design of the
prop ensures that contradicting wind directions would yield rotation of the prop.
Traditional wind turbines must be turned to face the direction of the wind, whereas
the vertical axis wind turbine is omni-directional, is not influenced at all by wind
direction and is better in respect to the configuration and operation.
The additional versatility granted makes the turbine viable even in areas with
less than constant wind flow in varying directions. The two circular openings
opposing each other force air into the opening so that even distribution of wind will
rotate the prop in one direction, creating a couple moment about the axis of rotation.
Another design property was to stretch the openings out as far as possible without
compromising structure of the prop. The further out from the center the wind can
push, the more torque the propeller could output to the axle to result in more energy
generation. Lastly, we designed the propeller based on a drag concept, as opposed to
lift based. The shape of the prop was designed to accelerate the air as it spins into the
prop, thus creating more force. The combination of aforementioned properties
streamline propeller performance, ensuring optimum efficiency.
The final design for Wind Turbine is design alternative B will best satisfy the
general goals outlined in the methodology, and be cost effective to produce.

 Conclution

Each of the three phases of design bred our final design, which will quench the
need for an alternative energy solution available on a residential level. Looking
forward, our windmill’s uses could be expanded to government highways,
commercial high rise buildings, schools, beach fronts, etc. The possibilities are only
as limited as the creativity of the user-wind envelops the human race daily. The
solution to our energy supply worries has blustered mankind preceding electricity.
America’s pursuit of wind energy began with large scale government wind turbine
farms in the wild west, and now an individual can self-supplement at every street
corner and cul-de-sack.